Tag Archives: fruit trees

Edible landscaping

We have spent some amount of time fixing up the yard.  I think the worst of it was removing all the asphalt around the back of the house.  What a terrible way to make a patio.
As a part of our long term goals for the house, landscaping is somewhere in the middle of the list.  [...]

Feeding the fruit trees

Last fall, Mike, a friend of ours, who also happens to be a pomologist stopped by and took a look at our pear tree.  Over the last several years, I have been slowly pruning back the pear tree in order to get better fruit from it.  Thus far we have seen some results, but they [...]

When Deer Attack

This is the Peach tree I planted in the front yard last summer. It did great all summer, putting out lots of new growth and adding almost 18 inches to its height.

Then I noticed this a few months ago:

It is a deer rub from last fall, bucks rubbing all the fuzz off of their [...]

New Growth

With all the things going on round the house, I have not been able to keep up. Generally speaking, I think I have too many projects in progress at the same time. That being said, I took a walk around the property last night to see some of my plantings.
The grape vines I [...]